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01.25.11

Oscar Nominations 2011: Who Will Win?

The King's Speech leads the pack with 12 Academy Awards nominations with True Grit following closely with its 10 nods. From one surprise Best Actress nominee to Ben Affleck's snub, see who else is in the running for Hollywood's top honor.

The King's Speech leads the pack with 12 Academy Awards nominations with
True Grit following closely with 10 nods. From one surprise Best Actress nominee to Ben Affleck's snub, see who else is in the running for Hollywood's top honor. Plus,
Newsweek's Oscar Roundtable, featuring Colin Firth, Natalie Portman, Annette Bening, Nicole Kidman, James Franco, and Michelle Williams.

Phones were ringing early Tuesday morning for those members of Hollywood associated with
The King’s Speech and
True Grit, nominated for 12 and 10 Academy Awards respectively. For the majority of the Oscars’ key categories, voters picks went as expected, with
The Social Network coming in a close third with eight nominations.

As last year’s Best Supporting Actress winner for
Precious,
Mo’Nique announced this year’s Best Actress contenders from Beverly Hills, some were surprised to hear
Michelle Williams’ name for
Blue Valentine. As for the male talent, there were hoots and hollers in the room when she revealed
Javier Bardem’s somewhat unexpected nomination for
Biutiful, which is also a nominee in the Foreign Feature Film category. The supporting categories were more predictable and include this year’s youngest nominee,
True Grit’s 14-year-old breakout star Hailee Steinfeld.

But for every pleasantly surprised nominee, there are others this morning who were likely disappointed. While one middle-schooler’s dream is coming true,
The Kids Are All Right’s Julianne Moore was left out of the running while her co-stars, Annette Bening and Mark Ruffalo will be competing for awards. Some believe Ben Affleck’s
The Town—for which Jeremy Renner (who was a Best Actor nominee for
Hurt Locker last year) is up for Actor in a Supporting Role—was unfairly left out of the Best Picture and Directing categories. Also missing from the latter list was the man behind the summer blockbuster
Inception, Christopher Nolan. The film is, however, up for Best Picture. But perhaps the most shocking was the fact that Davis Guggenheim's
Waiting for Superman, a documentary about the failure of America's public schools, was nowhere to be seen in the list of nominees.

Tune into the live ceremony on Feb. 27, co-hosted by Anne Hathaway and
James Franco, who is also up for an award for his arm-hacking performance in
127 Hours.